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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Overview

Bosnia-Herzegovina decriminalised听 homosexuality in 1991. . There are no dedicated academic institutions or university level departments that are directly dealing with LGBT. Up until 2012, before it discontinued it, the Sarajevo State University offered a two year Masters program in gender studies, through which LGBT听topics were听also covered. Sarajevo has a thriving Civil Society which works on LGBT and it hosts the annual International听 since 2013. .

  • by ILGA Europe [in English].
  • by ILGA听Europe听[in English].

LGBT map of Bosnia & Herzegovina

Resources

Books
  • Bili膰, B. (2016).听.听(Palgrave studies in European political sociology).听Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bilic虂, B., Radoman, M. (2019).听.听 Cham, Switzerland:听Palgrave听Macmillan.
  • Sremac. S., Ganzevoort R. R. (eds.) (2015). . Leiden: Brill.
Periodicals
Repositories
  • Association Q听 [in Bosnian].
  • Sarajevo Open Centre听(SoC) 听- includes听听dedicated to topics of听gender, sex, sexuality, patriarchy and heteronormativity, 听series, series,听 series, ,听 of听LGBTQ听and gender issues in the听national media, by SoC [in English, Bosnian].
Data and statistics
  • . FRA Europe [in English].
  • , includes , ILGA Europe -听a world survey of sexual orientation laws +听听[in English].
Reports
  • ILGA Europe, available from 2011 onwards [in English].
  • . Amnesty International [in English].
  • .European Commission [in English].
  • [in English].
  • [in English].
  • [in English].
  • .听World Bank Group, September 2018听[in English].
News portals
  • - a BH virtual platform set up by covering听current multimedia content about the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual people, as well as LGBTI culture, public policies and rights听[in Bosnian].
Audio-visual
  • - a documentary movie about the intersection of gender, sexuality, war and security in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during and after the collapse of Yugoslavia through storytelling. This documentary movie presents a collection of personal testimonials and political accounts of 12 feminist, anti-war and LGBTI*QA pioneer activists, who have shared their stories on solidarity and their contribution to feminist, anti-war and LGBT*IQA movement in these countries [English subtitles].
  • - Production: Organization Q / Documentary movie / 2009 / 32鈥41鈥 [English subtitles].
  • - Production: Okvir / Documentary movie / 2014 / 3鈥42鈥 / Short documentary depicts a process of 鈥樷機oming Out鈥欌 street art installation organized in Sarajevo by a group of queer persons across BiH, France, Austria and Greece [English subtitles].
  • - Production: Okvir / 2013 / Short documentary movie / 14鈥41鈥 / Paticipate Project 2015 / Short documentary movie on LGBT*IQA activism in BiH [English subtitles].
Digital libraries and archives
  • 听[in Bosnian].听
  • .听Interview with听Adnan听Lugoni膰,听playwright. We must dedicate ourselves seriously to the problems of the听LGBT听community听[in Bosnian].
  • .听Interview with听Jasminka听D啪umhur: On adopting a new law that will regulate homosexual relationships听[in Bosnian].
  • - The archive contains documentaries, interviews, the timeline of LGBT*IQA her/history or important events and persons in the region and personal stories [in听Bosnian and English].
Organisations
  • 听-听committed to the promotion and protection of culture, identity and human听rights of听LGBTIQIA听persons听[in Bosnian].
  • 听is the first registered听organisation听in Bosnia-Herzegovina to work on听LGBTIQ听issues. It works towards challenging societal prejudices against听LGBTQ听persons through听organising听events, and policy-related research [in Bosnian].
  • 鈥嬏- an association that promotes the strengthening of the rights of LGBT people听and women's rights through feminist theory and practice听[in听Bosnian].
  • 听(SoC) works towards promoting听LGBTQI听rights. It is an independent, feminist and civil society听organisation. It also works on gender-related issues. It is one of the biggest and most active non-Governmental Institutions to promote听LGBTQI听and Gender rights in the country.听SoC hosts its own听library and borrowing of books is for free.听They run their own media portal听[in Bosnian and English].
  • 听-听an independent, non-political and non-profit organization promoting active citizenship through political education and advocating for human rights of marginalized groups through equality policies听[in听Bosnian].
Other resources
  • 听- an听annual听International Queer Film Festival held in Sarajevo [in English].